Albertha vs Albie
American parents have registered 5,145 Alberthas since 1880, against 419 Albies. But in 2025 it was Albie that was commoner, 32 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Albertha Albie
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 109 years in which either name was published, Albertha for 96 years and Albie for 13 years. The lead changed hands once.
Side by side
| Albertha | Albie | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 5,145 | 419 |
| Most in one year | 147 | 32 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 32 |
| Estimated living today | 1,300 | 250 |
| Median age today | 76 | 5 |
| Peak year | 1922 | 2023 |
| Best rank | 593rd girls | 3,566th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 4,050th |
| First recorded | 1882 | 1895 |
| Girls / boys | 5,145 / 0 | 125 / 294 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Alberthas alive today are over 76; half the Albies are over 5. That is 71 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Albertha and Albie.